Within the Only Realm of Humanity, twelve ninja who each possessed three Stream-Entering Fruits gathered beneath the Bala Tree, a symbol of wisdom and Dao Law.
These twelve ninja would become the future Progenitor Gods of the Human Deva Path!
Their names were—Uzumaki Naruto, Sasuke Uchiha, Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Jiri, Hashirama Senju, Uzumaki Mito, Uchiha Xue, Uzuki Yangyan, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Uchiha Feng, Senju Ananda, and Urashiki Otsutsuki!
Whoosh! Yu descended in the Form Body of the Sage of Six Paths. Barefoot, he walked forward, lotus flowers blooming beneath his feet. Reaching the twelve ninja, Yu took his seat, his expression peaceful and serene, utterly captivating.
At that moment, Uchiha Feng rose and asked, "Father, why didn't you appear in your original form?"
Yu smiled. "Good question. The outward forms we cling to are obstacles on the path to supreme enlightenment. This Form Body called 'me' will ultimately decay and perish."
Uchiha Feng nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Then... why this old man with a goatee in particular? Could there be some profound meaning behind it?"
Faced with his beloved son's tendency to overinterpret everything, Yu immediately corrected him. "There's no profound meaning. I just felt like it."
Xiao Feng thought, Father says there's no profound meaning, which means there must be an immense profound meaning. I must contemplate it carefully...
Urashiki was filled with emotion. Back in the spacetime rift, he had been fooled by Yu disguised as the Sage of Six Paths, tricked into thinking Yu was weak when he was actually strong, making a complete fool of himself.
Now... the youth who once slew dragons had become a divine dragon standing shoulder to shoulder with Youtan Poluo and the Root King! And he himself had gone from being an insignificant Ōtsutsuki nobody to an honored guest of Youtan Poluo!